"baryon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/, /ˈbæɹiɒn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baryon.wav [Southern-England] Forms: baryons [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953. Equivalent to baryo- + -on. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|βαρύς||heavy}} Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”), {{suffix|en||on}} + -on, {{coin|en|Abraham Pais|in=1953|nat=Dutch-American|occ=physicist}} Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953, {{confix|en|baryo|on}} baryo- + -on Head templates: {{en-noun}} baryon (plural baryons)
  1. (physics) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus. Wikipedia link: baryon Categories (topical): Baryons, Subatomic particles Synonyms: baryon Hypernyms: hadron, fermion, subatomic particle Hyponyms: nucleon, proton, neutron Translations (heavy subatomic particle): բարիոն (barion) (Armenian), bárion [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), barió [masculine] (Catalan), 重子 (zhòngzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), baryon [common-gender] (Danish), baryon [neuter] (Dutch), bariono (Esperanto), barião [masculine] (European Portuguese), baryoni (Finnish), baryon [masculine] (French), barión [masculine] (Galician), βαρυόνιο (varyónio) [neuter] (Greek), þungeind [feminine] (Icelandic), bariono (Ido), barione [masculine] (Italian), バリオン (barion) (Japanese), 重粒子 (jūryūshi) (Japanese), ភារាណូ (phea rea no) (Khmer), baryon [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), baryon [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), barion [masculine] (Polish), барио́н (barión) [masculine] (Russian), barión [masculine] (Spanish), baryon [common-gender] (Swedish), baryon (Turkish)

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      "word": "bariono"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "barion",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "word": "バリオン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūryūshi",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "word": "重粒子"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phea rea no",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "word": "ភារាណូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "baryon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "baryon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bárion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "European Portuguese",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barião"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "barión",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "барио́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "baryon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "heavy subatomic particle",
      "word": "baryon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baryon"
}

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